Diahann Carroll(1935-2019)

In 1984, it was pointed out to the producers of Dynasty (1981) that, despite having one of the largest casts on television, the series did not feature a single African-American character. As a result, she was cast as Blake Carrington's illegitimate half-sister Dominique Devereaux, who sued for her share of the family fortune. Carroll's character lasted through two seasons (and 87 episodes) and made several guest appearances in the "Dynasty" spin-off Los Colby (1985).

[on filming Lo que trae el mañana (1967) in St. Francisville, LA, home of the Ku Klux Klan, amid death threats to the cast and crew] You can cut the hostility here with a knife. I'm not a fighter. I usually smile and then go into my room and cry my eyes out. But down here, the terror has killed my taste for going anywhere.